Bill > H0537

This bill clarifies that citizens cannot use the initiative or referendum process, which allows voters to directly propose and vote on laws, to change development orders or local comprehensive plan amendments and map amendments, which are official plans and maps that guide land use and development. The bill specifies that an exception to this prohibition is only allowed if a local government's charter, in effect on June 1, 2011, specifically authorized initiatives or referendums for comprehensive plan or map amendments affecting more than five parcels of land, and a general charter provision is not enough. The legislation also states that these prohibitions are intended to be retroactive, meaning they apply to any such processes started after June 1, 2011, and declares them void, and it retroactively repeals a previous law regarding agricultural enclaves.